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Best Costume Design BlackandWhite | 1955
Best Written American Comedy | 1955 | Garson
In a 1972 interview, George Cukor told Gavin Lambert about the little natural moments that come out in performances; as an example, he described the shooting of the seduction scene in Peter Lawford's apartment. "It so happened we had a property man on the picture who'd worked with The Three Stooges. He said, 'I have an idea, may I help on this?' I said, 'Please do,' and he suggested, 'Let her take the earring off herself, so he can nuzzle her ear.' So we did, and it made a terribly funny moment. Later in the scene she had to pour champagne down Peter Lawford's neck. We only have four shirts for Peter Lawford, so we could only shoot four takes, and it was tricky for the camera. On the last take I said, 'Judy if you laugh, I'll just kill you, I'll kill you dead.' Well, she didn't laugh, but she giggled, and it was absolutely great. I asked if she'd done it deliberately, in spite of what I'd said, and she didn't really know. Sometimes you get these very human things on the set."
Jack Lemmon, who had previously only acted briefly in television, had a tendency to overact for the camera, but George Cukor soon convinced him that "less is more." The actor later remarked, "I've learned my craft from that advice. It's the hardest thing in the world to be simple, and the easiest thing in the world to act your brains out and make an ass of yourself."
This story was conceived when Garson Kanin, trying to cheer up his wife Ruth Gordon, was driving by Columbus Circle. He told her he was going to put her name on "that billboard there" in the biggest letters. He didn't. He wrote a screenplay instead. Gordon suggested that the lead should be Judy Holliday. Kanin had originally considered a male lead, Danny Kaye. Ruth Gordon, felt a man seeking fame at all costs would be unsympathetic to audiences.
The $210 per month billboard which Gladys rents on Columbus Circle would cost more than $2,000 per month to rent in 2021.
The production had a 10-day location shoot in New York City in early July, 1953.
"Pete Sheppard: Say, if you care to give me your address, I could drop you a postcard and fix it up for you to see this picture when it gets done. Gladys Glover: I'd give my right arm to see myself in the movies. Pete Sheppard: You don't have to give me your right arm. Just give me your right address. Gladys Glover: 262 West 61st Street, Room 9. Pete Sheppard: Well, so long Gladys. Gladys Glover: [Extends her hand but instead of him shaking it, Pete kisses it impulsively. She looks taken aback] Pete Sheppard: I saw a fella do that in a French movie last week. I've been meaning to try it ever since."
"Pete Sheppard: Well, goodbye and bad luck, Mr. Adams."
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